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i ISAG iB. VERPLANK, OF MENTZ, NEW YORK.

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speiicafion of Letters Patentino. 3,471, daten' iviarch e, i844.

To @ZZ/whom #may concern.' r

Be it known that 'Isaac B,` VERPLANK, ofl Menti, in the county of Cayuga and State of` New York, `have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Buckles; `and I do hereby declare that the following is a full landY exactdescription.

The nature of invention' consists in` constructing a buckle in such manner, form and shape that upon *the principle of the lever, no hole or puncture of the leather `or other material which the buckle is intended to fasten or secure necessary, or other words, so constructing4 a buckle upon the principle of the lever that it will answer all the purposes of the ordinary tongue buckle or wedge buckle without weakening the leather o-r other material which the buckle is intended to fasten or secure, by any hole or puncture.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,;I will proceed to de-` scribe its construction and operation having reference to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification.

Figure l is the fulcrum which connects the lever with the other part of the buckle and upon which the lever turns or` plays. Fig. 2 represents the lever of the buckle. Fig. 3 represents all parts of thebuckle eX- cepting the lever. Fig. 4 represents the entire buckle with a strap fastened in andby it. Fig. 5 represents the entire buckle with the lever in a position to receive the strap or material intended to be fastened.

At the end of the lever Fig. 2 there is an aperture B of a size sufficient to admit the strap or material to be sewed or fastened to that part of the lever represented by C Fig. 2. a hole D, Fig. 2, of a size sufficient to allow the fulcrum, Fig. 1, to pass into it and turn in it.

Fig. 2, E shows a shoulder such as may be made on each side of the lever each directly opposite the other but which are not necessary toI the full action of the buckle and the use thereof.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5, Fshows two cross pieces` which are firmly fixed to the upper sides G, Gr, F ig. 3, of that part of the buckle shown by Fig. 3 but which cross pieces do not extend as low as the bottom of said sides and which are necessary to t-he action of the lever, and to keep the strap or material in Through the lever there is tended' to be inserted in or fastened by` the buckle in its place.

`Fi-g. 3, H shows the fulcrum shown by tig. l inserted` in that part of the buckle shown by Fig.

Fig. 3, I shows a cross piece pn a partof the bottom `of the buckle, which cross piece is firmly ned to the bottom of the sides, Fig. 3, G, but the cross piece 3', is

not necessary tojthe fu-'ll action and use of `thebuckl'e, and' the cross piece may extend as `f ar from the end `of the buckle shown by K, Fig. 3, as `it can, Vand allow the lever Fig.

2 to Vbe secured' to the part ofl the buckle,

Fig. 3, by the fulcrum, Fig. -3 H and as will allow the lever Fig. 2, to turn upon the said fulcruin so as to admit the insertion of the `strap or material intended to be secured or fastened under the cross pieces, Fig. 3, F, F.` The parts of the buckle, Figs. 2 and 3, are then fastened together by inserting the fulcrum, Fig. l and F 3, H through the side pieces, Fig. 3, G of the part of the buckle shown byFig. 3 and through the hole shown by Fig. 2, D in such manner that the end of the lever shown by Fig. 2,

B, C and D shall be under that part of the buckle `shown by Fig. 3, F. The ends of the fulcrum, Fig. 3, H are riveted or fastened to the sides, Fig. 3, G'.

When the parts above described, are put together as above `the buckle is complete. The strap or material intended to be fas-` tened is inserted under the cross piece` of the buckle nearest to the end of the buckle shown, Figs. 3 and 4, K, K, and passes over the lever and under the cross piece, Fig. 3, F nearest to the end of the buck-le shown `by Fig. 3, L. When the strap or material intended to be fastened is inserted in the ,buc-

kle as shown, Fig. 4, any force applied to or secured the greater will be the pressure `at the part of the buckle under the cross piece shown by Figs. 3 and 4, F, F. The

length of the lever, Fig. 2, being greater from the hole for the insertion of the fulcrum to the end of the lever shown by Fig. 2, N, than from the fulcrum to that part of the lever, Fig. 2, under the cross piece, Fig's. 3 and 4, F, F, nearest to the end of the buckle shown by Figs. 3 and 4, L, L, the greater force in securing' the strap or other material Will be at that point but the strap or other material Will be somewhat secured by the pressure of the leather or other ma terial by the enel of the lever, Fig. 2, N, against the cross piece, Figs. 3, 4, 5, F, F, F, nearest to Fig'. 8, 4, and 5, K, K, K. The cross pieces shown, F ig. 3, 4, and 5, F, F, F, and the fulcrum, Fig. 3, H, and the lever, Fig. 2, prevents the strap or material inserted as is shown in Fig'. 4, M, from becoming' loose.

The Width of the lever, Fig. 2, from the part shown, Fig'. 2, E, to that part shown, Fig. 2, N is such as to allovvl it to be inserted and move upon the fulcrum, Fig. 3,

H. The cross pieces, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, F, F, F, nearest to L, in same g'ures is over that part of the lever shown by Fig'. 2, P.

-The buckle may in all its parts be made of any metal, and need not consist of more than three pieces to Wit, the fulcrum, Fig. l, the lever, Fig'. 2, and that part shown by Fig. 3.

-What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

The combination of the buckle case consisting' of the bottom, sides, and cross-pieces.y With the lever, containing` an aperture at the enel, and one near the center, the Whole being' constructed and operating in the man ner, and for the purpose described; or in any other substantially the same.

ISAAC B. VERPLANK. 

